myogelosis

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Myogelose, coined by German physician Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Schade in 1921. By surface analysis, myo- +‎ gelosis. === Noun === myogelosis (countable and uncountable, plural myogeloses) (medicine, uncommon) A palpable area of hardening, stiffness or swelling in a muscle, usually painful on pressure, now considered to be correlated with a myofascial trigger point. ==== Derived terms ====